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I basically agree with your premise, but I think the fulfillment of your scenario will bring on a new age for humanity after a lot of upheaval. I would very muc
by m_fayer 11y ago
I basically agree with your premise, but I think the fulfillment of your scenario will bring on a new age for humanity after a lot of upheaval. I would very much love to see this age, though I suspect it won't be in my lifetime.
I think the narrow view of what's coming is a simple basic income, but that term omits the societal seachange that it will kick off. Eventually life, comfort, and pleasure will become decoupled from an obligation to work, or at least labor. It could be seen as the end of labor, or a "right to flourish" that people will take for granted in a few hundred years. And once that threshold is crossed, I think the future of humanity becomes utterly unpredictable to all of us living in present times.